Marie-Louise Gumuchian

Factbox: BAFTA award winners for 2011

(Reuters) - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards were handed out in London on Sunday.
 

Bomb attack on ex-policeman in Northern Ireland fails

BELFAST (Reuters) - A Northern Irish former policeman escaped injury Tuesday when a booby trap bomb planted under his car partially exploded, the third such attack in a week in the province.
 

Soldier finds bomb under his car in Northern Ireland

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish security forces defused a booby trap bomb planted under a soldier's car on Wednesday, in the first apparent attack against an army officer since a fatal shooting by nationalist militants last year.
 

N.Irish police uncover large bomb in abandoned van

BELFAST (Reuters) - Security forces in Northern Ireland have defused a 300 lb (136 kg) bomb in an abandoned van outside a police station, which would have been deadly if it had been detonated, police said on Friday.
 

Spain sees credit squeeze but denies EU rescue bid

SANTANDER, Spain (Reuters) - Spain said on Monday that foreign banks were refusing to lend to some of its banks in the latest twist to the euro zone debt crisis, but denied it was on the brink of seeking a Greek-style European financial rescue.
 

Iran says sanctions like "flies"

TEHRAN/DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Iran dismissed new U.N. sanctions on Wednesday as "valueless," vowed to continue its nuclear work and warned it may reduce cooperation with the United Nations nuclear agency.
 

Israel navy braced to intercept next Gaza aid ship

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Pope names inspectors in Irish Church abuse probe

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday named prominent Churchmen to lead its official inquiry into sexual abuse of children by clergy in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland.
 

Italian clans mark years of frying fish for Irish

DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - The Borzas, Apriles and Mizzonis all hail from a valley halfway between Rome and Naples and still form a tight community in their new home, where they have just celebrated 125 years of making fish and chips.
 

Police arrest 32 across Europe in Irish gang crackdown

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Police arrested 32 people on Tuesday in simultaneous raids across several European countries targeting an alleged Irish organized crime ring, officials said.
 

Ireland re-opens airports, ash cloud still a risk

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland lifted restrictions on flights in and out of the country on Friday, but said a volcanic ash cloud drifting south from Iceland still posed a risk of future disruption.
 

Ireland given all-clear as ash cloud blows away

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland lifted all restrictions on its airports on Thursday after a volcanic ash cloud blew away from Europe after having disrupted flights for several days.
 

Ash closes Irish, UK airports

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Airports in Ireland and parts of Britain were closed again for hours on Tuesday because of the cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that wreaked havoc on European air travel last month.
 

Ash closes Irish, UK airports

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Airports in Ireland and parts of Britain were closed again for hours on Tuesday because of the cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland that wreaked havoc on European air travel last month.
 

Ryanair advised of possible airspace closure

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Low cost airline Ryanair has been advised by the Irish Aviation Authority of possible disruptions and closures of some Irish and UK airspace from 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT) on Tuesday, the company said on Monday.
 

Ireland may have to restrict airspace due to ash: IAA

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A no fly zone may have to be imposed over Ireland on Tuesday due to volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland, the Irish Aviation Authority said on Monday.
 

Northern Ireland police on alert ahead of British vote

BELFAST (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland launched a major security operation on Friday in a bid to stop dissident republicans disrupting the British parliamentary election next week.
 

Ex-ETA leader may have fled N.Ireland, court told

BELFAST (Reuters) - A former leader of Basque separatist group ETA fighting extradition from Northern Ireland to Spain to face a terrorism-related charge has disappeared and may have fled the country, a court heard on Thursday.
 

Recession hits communion cash gifts

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Catholic children preparing for their first communion will be getting less in cash gifts this year, a survey has found, as the long-running tradition takes a hit from the recession.
 

Recession hits communion cash gifts in Ireland

DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - Irish Catholic children preparing for their first communion will be getting less in cash gifts this year, a survey has found, as the long-running tradition takes a hit from the recession.